"Yes, but Not All"

Prospective missionaries to the Orient will find some sobering reading in the words of Anglican Bishop Stephen Charles Neill, now traveling in Asia on behalf of the World Council of Churches. To the British weekly Record Bishop Neill wrote:

"I wonder how many people in Europe have a right understanding of the revolution that has taken place in Asia in the last 40 years. ... If the European was feared because he was strong, admired because he was clever, and trusted because he was believed to be honest . . . [now] the West has lost its opportunity of domination. . . . Western civilization is no longer regarded as civilization at all. . . .

"I asked an outstanding Chinese Christian leader: 'Do you still feel that you can use the foreign missionary in your Christian enterprise?' He thought for a moment and then answered: 'Yes, but not all. We have to be sure that he is of the kind that will fit in with our plans. . . .' This is a significant utterance. It is 'our plans.' The Chinese are to work out the plan; it is their judgment . . . that is to determine the situation. . . . Within that situation, the foreigner is welcome."

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